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71.
Wearied with hopes and vain complaints
First Line:
Wearied with hopes and vain complaints
Last Line:
But calmly for it wait
DMI number:
33692
72.
What signifies to man that he from heaven
First Line:
What signifies to man that he from heaven
Last Line:
If like the brutes irrational he acts
DMI number:
33657
73.
What path of life by man is trod | without rejoicing at the road
First Line:
What path of life by man is trod | without rejoicing at the road
Last Line:
The wise this choice would never try | or not to live or soon to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15930
74.
What path of life by man is trod | without repenting at the road
First Line:
What path of life by man is trod | without repenting at the road
Last Line:
The wise this only choice would try | or not to live or soon to die
Author:
Samuel Wesley (Absolute)
DMI number:
15928
75.
What has this bugbear death to frighten man
First Line:
What has this bugbear death to frighten man
Last Line:
As he who died a thousand years ago
Author:
John Dryden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3914
76.
What's soon obtained we nauseously receive
First Line:
What's soon obtained we nauseously receive
Last Line:
And absent pleasures only do admire
Author:
William Burnaby (Speculation)
DMI number:
9679
77.
When love with unconfined wings
First Line:
When love with unconfined wings
Last Line:
Enjoy such libertie
Author:
Richard Lovelace (Absolute)
DMI number:
37469
78.
When real blessings are to men denied
First Line:
When real blessings are to men denied
Last Line:
And when death strikes despise the transient blow
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst (Absolute)
DMI number:
22542
79.
Where wit is over-ruled by will
First Line:
Where wit is over-ruled by will
Last Line:
Where fond desire as king doth reign
DMI number:
49680
80.
Whilst anxious mortals strive in vain
First Line:
Whilst anxious mortals strive in vain
Last Line:
The fountain and the stream
DMI number:
11273
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